Policeman kills knife attacker outside Israeli embassy in Serbia

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A knife-wielding attacker wounded a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade before the officer shot him dead. Serbia's outgoing interior minister said the attacker shouted “Allahu Akbar”; his identity and motive were not established in the report.

By Aleksandar Vasovic Belgrade, Oct 28 (Reuters) - An attacker with two knives wounded a policeman guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade overnight, before the officer shot the assailant dead, Serbia's outgoing interior ministersaid on Wednesday. “One minor, of so far undetermined identity, who is reasonably suspected to be from (the western city of) Šabac, rushed at an officer of the Gendarmerie shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ and attacked him with two knives,” Ivica Dacicsaid in an emailed statement.